Lidl announces UK minimum wage hike costing £9m

More than 9,000 staff at supermarket chain Lidl's UK stores are being given a pay rise worth £1,200 a year after the discounter said it was hiking its minimum wages.

The supermarket will pay a minimum of £8.20 an hour across England, Scotland and Wales and £9.35 per hour in London from October 1, benefiting 53% of its 17,000-strong UK workforce.